Open Tech Calendar

Informal get-together upstairs or outside at HowSt on Howard Street next to Sheffield Hallam’s Owen Building, to chat over coffee and breakfast from 9am. Everyone is welcome. No registration is required.

Get ready for Game Over 2025 – Sheffield Hallam’s ultimate showcase of creativity and student innovation in all areas of Games Development. An exciting display of collaborative games projects from students in all levels of study within our games@Hallam range of courses. Experience interactive demos and discussions from a wide array of talented students. Whether you're a gamer, developer, or just curious, come experience the next generation of game-makers in action.

No tickets are needed to attend this event.

These are the time slots for visitors from outside the SHU to attend. The visitors can show up for any of these without any prior booking.

This summer, we are thrilled to celebrate the remarkable progress and potential of our MSc Artificial Intelligence students through the AI Festival that goes beyond academia, fostering connections between AI enthusiasts, students, researchers, educators, and industry collaborators. Cutting-edge AI technologies that our students are developing will be showcased through their innovative projects, coupled with our Robot Hackathon, where students will compete and push the boundaries of robotic intelligence.

No tickets are needed to attend this event.

These are the time slots for visitors from outside the SHU to attend. The visitors can show up for any of these without any prior booking.

Work on sewing, quilting, knitting, and crochet projects.

Share skills and tips in a creative, friendly, and supportive environment.

Free to Hackspace members, £3 for non-members.

Weekly open night, come along and meet other members and learn more about the space.

What is the hacklab?
A shared space for people who mess around with technology for fun. By creating a shared space to do this, we provide access to better facilities than we could each have at home, as well as opportunities to collaborate, learn, and socialise.

This event will be a single talk on Navigating Container Hosting on Azure with John Kilmister

❗❗ 🌐 This is an online event, we'll be hosting the event on Zoom, the link for the meeting is below, however, we'll only announce the password just before the event.

🔗 TBA
🔑 TBA

📅 Agenda

👋 Welcome
🗑️ Housekeeping
👩‍🏫 Navigating Container Hosting on Azure
🍻 Virtual Bar
👩‍🏫 Navigating Container Hosting on Azure
Containers continue to grow in popularity however when it comes to hosting in production it can be daunting. In this high level talk, we look at the many options for hosting containers in Azure showing although it can be complex it does not have to be. We will cover containers in app service plans, Azure container apps through to AKS.

Code Club - Open to the Public

We’re delighted to announce the return of this special Senior Leaders Dinner on 22nd May at The Sheffield College’s Silver Plate restaurant.

Not only will our three course meal be prepared and served by talented catering and hospitality students at the College, we will be joined for dinner by T-Level students in digital subjects, who want to meet face to face with the city’s tech leaders.

This is a fantastic opportunity to meet and inspire your future workforce, to share your stories and experience and to guide and support students to fantastic careers in Sheffield's tech ecosystem.

If you were lucky enough to get a ticket for last year you will know what a fantastic evening we had. The students were outstanding, the conversations rich and productive and the meal delicious. Attendees commented on how good it felt to give back and how inspired they were meeting the next tech generation.

This Senior Leaders Dinner is all about raising aspirations, giving young people directio...

Informal get-together upstairs or outside at HowSt on Howard Street next to Sheffield Hallam’s Owen Building, to chat over coffee and breakfast from 9am. Everyone is welcome. No registration is required.

Work on sewing, quilting, knitting, and crochet projects.

Share skills and tips in a creative, friendly, and supportive environment.

Free to Hackspace members, £3 for non-members.

Weekly open night, come along and meet other members and learn more about the space.

What is the hacklab?
A shared space for people who mess around with technology for fun. By creating a shared space to do this, we provide access to better facilities than we could each have at home, as well as opportunities to collaborate, learn, and socialise.

Code Club - Open to the Public

Informal get-together upstairs or outside at HowSt on Howard Street next to Sheffield Hallam’s Owen Building, to chat over coffee and breakfast from 9am. Everyone is welcome. No registration is required.

Monthly CTF - HackTheBox/TryHackMe/Other

Work on sewing, quilting, knitting, and crochet projects.

Share skills and tips in a creative, friendly, and supportive environment.

Free to Hackspace members, £3 for non-members.

Details
This event will be a single talk on MIDI Controllers, Bird Data, and MAUI Magic with Tony Edwards
⚠️ This will be an in-person event, the venue is Sheffield Hallam University, room TBA.

🗺️ Hallam University Map: [www.shu.ac.uk
📌 Google Maps: [maps.app.goo.gl
🚗 Parking: The APCOA car park on Eyre Street is a five-minute walk from City Campus. You can park there for just £5. Just scan your blue chip at Owen Building Level 5, Charles Street, or Cantor to claim the discount.
Agenda:

🍕 Pizza/Drinks (18:15 - 18:30)
🗣 Introduction (18:30)
👉 MIDI Controllers, Bird Data, and MAUI Magic with Tony Edwards (18:35ish)
🍻 Social @ Pub (after the talk)
👉 MIDI Controllers, Bird Data, and MAUI Magic
Can you use a MIDI controller to host TV game show games with the help of an event audience? Does bird...

Code Club - Open to the Public

Informal get-together upstairs or outside at HowSt on Howard Street next to Sheffield Hallam’s Owen Building, to chat over coffee and breakfast from 9am. Everyone is welcome. No registration is required.

A welcoming one-track, one-day conference returns. For developers and designers who work on the web.

Join us in the centre of Sheffield for a line-up of 8 great speakers and stick around for the after party at the National Videogame Museum.

MSc Cyber Security and Advanced Computer Networks students have the opportunity to present their dissertation projects, along with inspirational talks from prominent figures within the cyber security and Networks industry. This event is a unique opportunity to explore the latest research and innovations in the field of cyber security and computer networks, directly from the next generation of experts. The event will commence with some inspiring keynote speaker.

No tickets are needed to attend this event.

These are the time slots for visitors from outside the SHU to attend. The visitors can show up for any of these without any prior booking.